title: Addressing OB/GYN family planning educational objectives at a faith-based institution using the TEACH program.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Traditionally family planning education is limited for obstetrics and gynecology residents training at faith-based institutions. We describe the first formalized educational program to teach contraception, sterilization, and abortion at a Catholic institution.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used a six-step curricular development process to design this formal educational intervention. We created a multiple-choice test that participants completed before and after the workshop. We compared average test scores using one-way analyses of variance and assessed psychometric properties of the test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All 16 obstetrics and gynecology residents at this institution participated in the one-day educational program entitled Teaching Everything About Contraceptive Health (TEACH). Residents improved their pre-test scores, on average, from 57% prior to the workshop to 89% immediately after completion of TEACH (p < .001). Improvement persisted 10 months after completion of the program (p < .001). Psychometric assessment supported the use of the instrument with adequate question difficulty and high discrimination.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A one day curriculum designed to introduce family planning learning objectives at a Catholic obstetrics and gynecology residency program is feasible and results in improved resident knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA. mg2852@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guiahi
authors.forename: Clarissa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cortland
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heraty
authors.forename: Melinda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lukens
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trester
authors.forename: Sondra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Summers
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kenton
mesh_terms: D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology / Q000193:education*; D016519:Hospitals, Religious; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education*; D012068:Religion and Medicine